A number of Olympic stars have praised Boris Johnson for diving into the row about transgender athletes after he said biological males shouldn’t compete in women’s sports.
Speaking to broadcasters during a hospital visit on Wednesday, the Prime Minister said he was “immensely sympathetic” to people wanting to change their gender but that trans women should not be able to complete in female-only sporting events.
“I don’t think that biological males should be competing in female sporting events,” he said.
“It just seems to me to be sensible.”
His comments have sparked fast debate, with LGBT+ charities slamming the blanket exclusion on trans people as “fundamentally unfair”.
“|We know that trans people are also under-represented in community sport and often feel excluded,” Stonewall, the LGBTQ+ rights charity said.
